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,509. 'Patented Jai. 17, 18,88.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EDARD E. BRADLEY, OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, yASSIGNOR TO JOHN EXATW'OOD ANDEUGENE ATWOOD, BOTH OE SAME PLACE.

REELVING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,509, dated January 17, 1888.

` Application filed October 16. 1886. Serial No. 5216.388. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD E. BEADLETLof Stonington, county of New London, and Siate of Connecticut,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Reeling-Machines, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention, or someptlthe features thereof, may be embodied/in/machiues for reeling Various fibrous materials; but the invention as a whole and in theform in which it is illustrated in the accompanying drawings is intended more particularly as a warping-machine for reeling silk warp. In such a ma` chine there is employed a carriage having a traverse motion imparted to it, and by which the reeds through which the threads are conducted are traversed to and fro across the face of the reel. In machines of this character the reel and the carriage 'which supports the reeds and the parting-bars are operated by driving mechanism which -is controlled by a shipper or lever which may be thrown ofi' or disconnected to stop the machine, and it usually compriscsa clutch and a movable locking device or tripwhereby the clutch is held operative to drive the machine. Such machines also frequently have an indicator whereby the operator may at any time ascertain the quantity of warp which has been wound upon the reel, and which may be constructed and combined with the disconnecting mechanism, so that after a predetermined quantity of warp has been wound the movable lock or trip will be thrown oft and the shifting driving mechv anism will be thrown outof operation to stop the machine by the action lof a spring or equivalent weight. In warping-machines the bars or lags of the reel have usually combined with them elevating blades or bevels, which 4o are pivoted at their one end in the bars or lags, and are at their other ends capable of movement radial to the axis of the reel for the purpose of varying their inclination relatively to the bars or lags. The adjustment of 4'5`the elevating-blades has been accomplished by means of an annular tlange adjustable circumferentially upon the reel and provided.

with oblique slots receiving the free ends of the elevating-blades.

My invention relates to the means employed 5o for supporting` and operating the reed-carriage; also, to a novel construction of the indicator', and the combination, with the indicater, ofthe mechanism for operating it and a scale or index upon which it registers;` also,

to the novel construction and arrangement of the parts through which the indicator acts to release the shipper' or lever and produce the stopping of the machine when a predetermined quantity of warp has been wound; also, 6o to novel features of construction and combinations of parts in the driving mechanism by which the reel, the traverse-screw for operating the reed-carriage, and the indicator-screw are operated,which provides for readily. re- 65 leasing the traverse-screw and the indicatorscrew from the mechanism which directly dri-ves them, in order that said screws may be turned or set by hand. g

Heretofore in many cases the annnlartlange 7o or ring, which is adjustable circumferentially ona head of the reel for adjusting the elevatingblades by its oblique slots, has had formed integral with it the gear-wheeler circle of gearteeth through which the reel is driven. Con- 7 5 sequently in starting the reel the devices which secure the annular tlange or ring on the head will sometimes slip and the first driving action will be to turn the flange or ring on the reel-head and shift the elevatingbladesthere- 8o by straining or loosening the silk. To avoid this I secure or form the gear-wheel 'or circle of gear-teeth with which the driving-pinion engages 'directly on the reelbody or head and entirely independent of the adjustable flange or ring.

The several combinations ot' parts which are included in my invention and hereinabove brieliyfreferred `to will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.`

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is .a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention and designed for reeling silk warp, a portion 0f the reed-carriage being in section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section upon the plane of the dotted line ma, Fig. 1, of the reedcarriage, with the parts which it supports, a round girth connecting the end frames of the machine and on which the reedcarriage is sup ported, and a traversescrew for operating the reed-carriage. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on about the plane indicated by the dotted line 1/ y, Fig. 1, of the indicator, the screw for operating it, and the scale or regis` ter on which the indicator registers. is an end elevation ofthe machine, and Fig. 5 an end elevation of the creel from which the machine takes the threads for winding upon the reel. Fig. Gis a sectional elevation of a portion ofthe creci upon a larger scale than the preceding figures. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section upon about the plane of the dotted line z z, Fig. 1, of parts through which the indicator acts to release the shifting driving mechanism and permit it to be thrown olf or disconnected by its sprinfr. Fig.8is an elevation of aportion of the length of the creel. Fig. 9 is a, transverse vertical section of the warping-machine on about the plane indicated by the dotted line 1 1, Fig. 1. Fig. 10isaverticalscction through one end portion of the machine, including a driving-pulley and part ofthe driving mechanism, on about the plane indicated by the dotted line 2 2, Fig. 9; and Fig. 1l is an axial section of a portion of the reel.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate end frames or standards forming a portion of the main frame of the machine, andA A2 A designate stretchers or girths,or horizontal portions of the main frame, extending between the end frames, A. The reel is composed of heads or spiders B, secured upon a shaft, B', and annular supports or rings B2, arranged between the heads, and bars or lags B3, extending parallel with the shaft B and secured to the annular supports or rings B`l and the heads B. Upon one of the heads B is a circular series of gear-teeth, b, through which the rcel is driven and which may be termed a gear-wheel.77

B4 are elevating blades or bevels,which are pivoted at one end, b, in the bars or lags Bof the reel, and at their free ends are provided with pins or projeetionsbz, which enter oblique slots b in the annular tlange or ring B5. The head B ofthe rcel, on which is the gear-wheel b, has a cylindric periphery, and upon this eylindric periphery the annular flange or ring B is secured by means of screws Z)4 or other means. The screws b4 pass through slots l5 in the llange or ring B5. The slots b are oblique or inclined relatively to a true circle, as best shown in Fig. 9; and itwill bc obvious that when the screws b* are loosened the annular llange or ring B5 may be adjusted circumferentially upon the head B, in order to movethe free ends of the elevating-blades B4 to vary the inclination of said blades relatively to the bars or lags B3, with which they are combined. By making the flange B5 independent of the Fig. et.

head ofthe reel and of the lags or bars B3 it will be obvious that the flange may be shifted to change theinclination of the blades B without changing the relation of the reel to its driving mechanism.

From the above description it will beunderstood that even if the rcel be started with a jerk the driving-power will have no tendency to shift the flange or ring B5 circumferentially on the head, as is the case when the circle of gear-teeth b is integral with the flange or ring B5, and consequently there is no liability of the blades B* being thrown in or out and the silk being loosened or strained.

The shaft B ofthe reel has at opposite ends handles If', whereby it may be lifted and rcmoved froin the machine.

As here represented, the girth A is cylin drie or round, and may consist of a tube of proper thickness, as is shown in Fig. 9. The girth A2 is shown as consisting of a channeled beam, and the girths A, at opposite sides of the machine and near the bottom thereof, are each formed of two tubes, but may be, of course, otherwise constructed.

C designates a carriage, which supports the parting-bars c and the crossing and distributing reeds c' ci, and below and parallel with the girth A is a traverse-screw, C', whereby the carriage C may be operated. The screw C is supported in bearings at opposite ends of the machine, and the carriage has a downwardly extending arm, ci, provided with a sectional or half nut, c, which bears upon the screw C. The carriage C has, as here shown, a bearing, e, whereby it is supported upon the girth A', and the nut-section c is held in engagement with the screw C/ by reason of the center of gravity of the carriage C falling upon the outer side of or in front of the outer girth, A. In this way the carriage C is combined in a very simple manner with its supportinggirth A and its traverse-screw C', and may be readily swung upon the girth Ain a plane transverse to the length thereof, and may also be entirely removed from the machine.

The indicator whereby the quantity of warp which is wound upon the rcel is at any time indicated is best shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 9. The indicator D is fitted to slide freely upon a screw, D', which extends parallel with the girth A2, as best shown in Fig. l, and has an upwardly-projecting finger or arm, d, which bears against the front of the girth A. rlfhe indicator also has a sectional or half nut, D2, which fits the thread of the screw, and is pivoted at d2 to the indicator behind the screw D', as best shown in Fig. 3. rThe nutDzhas a forward1yprojecting horn or arm, d, and the indicator has a button or pivoted latch, (1*, which may be brought down over the horn or arm d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and serves to hold the nut D2 in engagement with the screw D. XVhen the button or pivoted latch d is swung aside out of range of the horn or arm d, the sectional nut DIl may be lifted out of engagement with the screw and the indicator D may IlO be slid along the screw and girth A2 to the desired position. The girth A2 has upon its front a scale or indeX,'as shown in Fig. l., upon which the upwardly-extending arm or finger d registers, and upon this scale or index is an adjustable stopegage, D, which may be moved along the scale or index and secured in any desired position by the set-screw d5, or other means. If, for example, it is desired to stop the machine after five hundred yards are reeled, the adjustable gage D3 will be set at the five-,hundred yard mark, and the indi- Gator will then be brought with its finger against the gage and will be traversed to the left ot' Fig. 1 by the rotation of the screw. The indicator' D may be held against turning ou the screw by means of a lip or tongue, d,

engaging the inside of one of the flanges of the girth A2, as shown in Fig. 8.

The mechanism for operating the reel, the traversescrew C. and the indicatorscrew D is best shown in Figs. 4, 9, and 10. Upon one ot' the end frames or standards, A.is an outwardly-projecting fixed sleeve or hub, e, upon which rotates freely a pulley, E, and this pulley is held against .outward movement on the sleeve or hub c by means of'a washer or flange,

c', at the outer end of the sleeve or hub. The sleeve or hub e is tubular, and through it extends a'rod' or shaft, E',"having upon its outer end a clutch arm or finger, e2, adapted to engage a recess or notch, c, in the hub of the pulley. The shaft E carries upon its inner end a spur-pinion, e, and also a worm, e5.

Uponastud, e, in the end frame are mounted a spur gear-wheel, e7, a pinion, e8, and a worm or screw, c, which are all connected so as to rotate as one. The wheel c7 engages with and receives motion from the pinion et. The pinion es engages with the large gear-wheel b upon the end of the reel and transmits to the reel the motion which the wheel e7 receives from the pinion et. The worm or screw e9 gears into the worm'wheel el upon a counter shaft, e, which is arranged at an inclination and mounted so as to slide in bearings e upon the end frame, A. I bevelwheel, e, and on the end of the counter or diagonal shaft e is a corresponding bevelwheel, c, which is held in engagement with the wheel@13 by a spring,`e5, applied to the shaft behind theV wheel e, as shown in Fig. 9. Upon the end of the traverse-screw C', outside the gear-wheel e, is mounted a lever, el, which is free to turn on the shaft, and has a cam-shaped head, e, adapted to bear against the end of the shaft cu. By means of the camlever el the shaft e may be moveduendwise so as to carry its wheel e out of engagement with the wheel e, and the traverse screw C may then be readily turned by hand through a hand-wheel, e, applied to its end, in order to accurately set the carriage C to the desired position. f

f The worm or screw ci ou the driving-shaft E engages a worm-wheel, di, upon the counter-shaft da, which is arranged to turn in suit- On the traverse screw C is a.

able bearings, d", and which carries a bevelwheel, dw, engaging with a vbevelwheel, d, upon the indicator-screw D. The shaft d8 is free to slide in its bearings 19, and is forced endwise in a direction to hold the wheels all d in engagement by a spring, du, applied to it,.as shown in Fig. 9. Upon the end of the indicatorscrew D', outside the bevel-wheel d, is a lever, d, which has a cam-shaped head, d, and which may be turned to force the shaft d8 endwise against the pressure of the spring d, so as to carry t-he wheel d1 out of engagement with the wheel du. VhenV this is done, the indicator-screw D may be turned by a hand-wheel, dw, at its end in order to bring the indicator D against the gage D3. The shaft E has a'sufeient endwise movement to carry the clutch arm or finger e2 into and out of engagementwith the clutch-recess e, and such movement may be produced by a lever, El, arranged as shown in Fig. 10, and pivoted at its upper end,e1s, so that it may be swung in a plane parallel with the axis ofthe shaft E'.

I will now describe the parts whereby the lever E is held so as to maintain the clutch operative, and whereby said lever is automatically released by the indicator D when a predetermined quantity of thread has been wound.

F designates a foot-lever, which is pivoted atf to a bracket upon one of the lower girths,

` A3, so as to swing in a horizontal plane, and

which has an arm or projection, f, adapted to bear against the outer side of the lever F2 at the lower end thereof. To thelever F is attached a spring, f2, which when the lever F is released swings the lever in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7, and by such swinging ofthe lever F the lever E2 is moved in the direction to throw off the clutch and disengage the shaft E from the pulley E.

F' designates an upright shaft which is mountedY in suitable bearings, f, and has applied to it a spring.ft,which exerts a constant tendency to turn it inthe direction indicated by the arrow adjacent to it in Fig. 7. The lower end of the shaft F has fast upon it a trip, latch, or stop, Fl,whieh is provided with notohesfrf, and upon the upper end of the shaft F is an arm,f7,whieh projects rearward,

as best shown in Figs. 7 and 9.

Vhen the parts are operative, the lever F is swung into the position shown in Fig. 7, and is there held by the shoulder or notch f5 on the trip F'l engaging the shoulder or projectionf upon the lever, as shown in Fig. 7.

Projeeti ng downward from the indicator D, as shown in Fig. l, is an arm or bracket, fg, and as the said indicator, starting from the position shown in Fig. 1, is moved toward the left its arm or bracket j'9 after a predetermined quautity of material has been wound or reeled comes against the arm f7 upon the upright shaft F', and by turning said shaft turns the trip or movable stop FZ in the direction of the arrow marked thereon in Fig. 7, thereby releasing the horizontal lever F and permitting the spring f2 to move the lever F IIS in the direction of the arrow thereon in Fig. 7, thus effecting the swinging of the lever E in the direction to throw off the clutch. The second shoulder, f6, upon the trip or movable stop F2 serves to check the movement of the lever F after it has been swung by the spring fz a certain distance to throw off the clutch. The arrangement of connections described for throwing off ordisconnecting the clutch is sure and sensitive, and but a very slight movement ofthe indicator is necessary to accomplish the p n rpose. Y

The threads or fibers of silk or other material,s,for winding upon the reel are taken from spools lz, supported by pins or spindles It upon a creel, which may be of any suitable or ordinary construction. rlhe creel here shown has some points of advantage over those ordinarily employed and is included in my invention. It comprises upright bars or standards G, which are usually of metal, cross-rails G of wood secured to the upright bars or standards, and upright strips or pieces G, which are of metal and are secured parallel with each other at a little distance apart to the crossrails G, as shown in Fig. S. The pins or spindles h are secured in and project from the metal strips or bars G, as best shown in Fig. 6, and each pin or spindle is surrounded by an annular seat or bearing-surface, as best shown in Fig. 6, upon which the head of the spool h bears. The annular seats h2 afford a very slight surface for the heads ofthe spools h to bear against, and hence oifer but little frietional resistance to the free turning of the spools. The uprights orstandards G are provided with legs G, which are usually of metal, and which at their upper ends, h, are pivoted to the uprights or standards G and are connected with said uprights or standards by braces It* near their lower ends. The braces h* may be of wire, and are detachably secured by screws or otherwise to the nprights G and legs G. Vhen the braces are disconnected from tlie legs G, the latter may be swung into positions almost or quite parallel with the uprights G, and the creel may be thus compacted so as to occupy but little space and may be more readily boxed and shipped or stored away. At the top of the creel is a reed, z', as usual, through which the threads s pass.

ln creels for warpi ngmachines as heretofore made the upright bars on which are the spindles or pins h have been of wood, and the pins have been driven into them and have had washers placed over them for holding the spools out of contact with the wood. The pins or spindles have been liable to work loose in the wood, and the wide bars of wood have greatly obscured the passage of light through the creel. The metal strips G2 afford a firm hold for the pins or spindles 7L', and may be made so narrow that they will not obstruct the free passage of light.

In lieti of thespring f2 for moving the lever' F, l may employaweight, o, and flexible connection o', as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, which would be the full equivalent of the spring.

NVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a reel and end frames or standards, of a round girth connecting the end frames or standards and a feedscrew extending parallel with and below the girth, a reed-carriage free to slide and turn on the girth, and having a downwardly-extending arm and a section of a nut on said arm, which by turning of the carriage on the girth is engaged with and disengaged f'rom the screw, and mechanism, substantiallyas described, for operating the reel and screw, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the rcel, a screw, D', and means, substantially as described, for operating them, of a flanged stretcher or bar, A, having upon it a scale or index extending parallel with the screw, the indicator D, fitted to slide on the screw with its weight supported thereon, and having a projecting inger which bears on the. scale or index, and a lip, d",which engages a flange on the stretcher or bar and holds the indicator with its projecting finger in registering relation to the scale or index, and a nut, D", pivoted to the indicator and engaging the screw, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with a reel, the screw D', and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating them, of the scale or index A, extending parallel with the screw, the indicator D, titted to slide on the screw, and the pivoted nut-section D'l and pivoted lock d, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination, wthareel, a traverseserew, and a driving device for operating them, which is movable to stop the machine, of a spring or equivalent weight for throwing of'f or disconnecting the driving device when released, and a trip whereby said device is held in operative position, an indicator-screw and the indicator fitted thereto and provided with a movable nut-section, an index or scale extending approximately parallel with said indicator -screw and on which said indicator registers, and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the indicator-screw and whereby the indicator acts at the desired time to throw ofi'l the trip, substantially as herein described.

5. The combination, with a reel and a traverse-screw,and a driving device, substantial] y as described, for operating them, and which is movable to stop the machine, of a spring or equivalent weight for throwing off or disconneeting the device, the indicator-screw D' and indicator D, and a shaft provided with arms Fifi, the former, F2, serving as a trip to hold the driving device operative, and the latter', fl, projecting in the path of the indicator, and gearing for operating the indicator-screw, substantially as herein set forth.

6. The combination, with the reel, a trav- ICO IOS

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erse screw, and the driving device, substantially as described, for operating them, and which is movable to stop the machine, of a lev'er, E2, controlling the driving device, a lever, F, a spring or equivalent weight for operating .v said' levers to throw off or disconnect the driving device, a movable trip for holding the said levers set with the driving device operative, an indicator-screw and an indicator moved thereby, and mechanism, substantially as described, through which the indicator is caused by the screw to throw off the trip and stop the machine at a predetermined time, substantially as herein set forth.

7. The combination, with a main frame and a reel and traversescrew, and a fixed tubular sleeve or hub projecting from the main frame, o f a pulley turning loosely on the sleeve or hub, a shaft extending through the sleeve or hub and provided with a clutch-arm engaging the pulley, gearing, substantially as described, for operating the reel and traverse-screw from said shaft, and a lever for sliding said shaft within the sleeve or hub to free it from and engage it with the pulley, substantially as herein set forth.

8. The combination, with the reel and its wheel b and the traverse-screw C', of the shaft E', provided with a pinion, et, the gear-wheel e1, pinion e3, and worm e?, having concentricv axes and rotating as one, the wheel e7 being in enga-gement with the driving-pinion e, and the pinionefin engagement with the reel-gear b, and the counter-shaft e, having a wormwheel, cw, gearing with the worm e and geared with the traverse screw,substantially as herein described.

9. The combination, with the indicatorscrew D', of the counter-shaftd, geared therewith and provided with aworni-wheel, d?, and the driving-shaft E', provided with a worm, e5, engaging said worm-wheel, substantially as herein described. l

10. The combination, with the traversescrew C and its bevel-wheel c, of the counter-shaft e, provided with a wheel, e, and means, substantially as described, for driving it, bearings wherein said shaft may slide, a spring for holding said shaft in operative position with the wheels c e13 in engagement, and a cam-lever, em, for forcing the shaft endwise to break engagement of said wheelsand stop thc screw, substantially as herein set forth.

11. The combination, with an indicatorscrew, D', provided with a gear-wheel, d, of

'the counter-shaft d8, provided with a gearwheel, dw, and means, substantially as described, for driving it, bearings wherein said shaft may slide, and a spring for holding the shaft in position with the said wheels in engagement, and a camlever, 113, for forcing said shaft endwise to break engagement between said wheels and stop the machine, substantially as herein set forth.

l2. The combination, with the heads and bars of a reel, and a gear-wheel or circular series of gear-teeth at one end thereof, of a driving-pinion. engaging with said wheel or gearteeth, elevating-blades pivoted at their one end in the bars, and an annular tiange or ring fitting and providedV with means for securing it on the periphery ot' one of the heads and adjustable circumferentially relatively to the head and the gear-wheel or circle of gearteeth, the saidv iiange or ring having oblique slots which receive the ends of the elevatingblades, substantially as herein described.

13; rllhe combination, with the 'upright frames or standards of a creel and the crossrails of wood connecting them, of the upright metal strips G2, secured to said rails and provided with'pins or spindles h', substantially as herein described.

' EDVARD E. BRADLEY.

Vitnesses WM. R. PALMER, WM. A. GILBERT. 

